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. 1986 Aug;30(2):335–337. doi: 10.1128/aac.30.2.335

Effect of amoxicillin-clavulanate and cephradine on the fecal flora of healthy volunteers not exposed to a hospital environment.

W Brumfitt, I Franklin, D Grady, J M Hamilton-Miller
PMCID: PMC180548  PMID: 3767348

Abstract

A 7-day course of either cephradine or amoxicillin-clavulanate treatment caused no significant change in fecal flora composition, except that staphylococci were virtually eliminated in both groups. Some amoxicillin-resistant coliforms were isolated after treatment in both groups, but cephradine- or amoxicillin-clavulanate-resistant coliforms were rarely isolated.

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